Board Members:(standing) Martha Grant, Noel Porter (seated) Brenda Allen,Lucinda Blair, Jean Falk, Carol Abels

Ozark Regional Arts Council Donates $100,000 to ASUMH for the

Vada Sheid community Development Center

 A glass conference room on the second floor of the Vada Sheid Community Development Center is being named for the Ozark Regional Arts Council, Chancellor Ed Coulter of Arkansas State University – Mountain Home announced recently. At a reception to kick off the ASUMH Annual Fund Drive, Coulter introduced Lucinda Blair, President of the Ozark Regional Arts Council, who shared the vision of the Ozark Regional Arts Council and presented a major gift to the university. “The Ozark Regional Arts Council believes that Art is alive,” said Blair. “What better contribution could we make than to the Vada Sheid Community Development Center?”

The gift of $100,000 by the Ozark Regional Arts Council will further the group’s efforts in educating, enriching and elevating awareness of the arts in the community. The Council will hang artwork and display exhibits regularly in the conference room that will bear their name. In addition, they will schedule various art exhibits in the Dale Bumpers Great Hall.

“Preserving our history, while ensuring all of our cultures extend into the future is our goal,” said Blair. “Vada has done so much for this community and we are keeping her dream and the dream of other donors and volunteers alive and moving forward.”

About the gift to the university and the Vada Sheid Community Development Center, Coulter told the crowd that the shared vision of preserving the arts by the Ozark Regional Arts Council and ASUMH makes the gift one that the entire community can be proud of. “When two entities like these share a like vision of educating and preserving the arts and culture of a region, everyone wins. The community can be proud of the support of the Ozark Regional Arts Council and the cultural gift that will be shared with the community in this grand space.”

Blair echoed Coulter’s comments by adding “Experience the Arts!”